Post by Daniel Silk on Aug 21, 2011 14:25:39 GMT
The chapel of St. John the Baptist, since 1870 (see Leverington) the parish church of Parson Drove, attained at a comparatively early date a more independent status than was usual with parochial chapelries. Burial rights were granted by a composition between the rector of Leverington and the inhabitants of Parson Drove in 1397, though the latter had to observe the dedication feast of the mother church, and present their chaplain to the rector for admission. The chaplain was required to live at his own expense, to undertake the repair of the chapel with its chancel, tower, and churchyard enclosure, and to go in procession to the mother church on Wednesday in Rogation Week.
In 1459 the endowments of Fitton chantry (see Leverington-Manors) were transferred to Parson Drove and a chaplain, ADAM SILK, licensed to celebrate in both chapels*. In 1487 the Bishop of Ely directed his clergy to receive kindly the proctor of the chapel whenever he should visit their parishes soliciting alms therefor, and granted an indulgence of forty days to all contributors.
The following year another indulgence was granted for the repair of a chapel of St. John the Baptist in a hermitage in Leverington. It is possible that this was merely a repetition of the previous indulgence, but there is a persistent tradition that a hermitage existed opposite Parson Drove Church, on the site of the present vicarage, and the indulgence may refer to this other hermitage.
* Collation followed by induction; licence was granted for him to celebrate in the chapel and to minister to the inhabitants of Parson Drove at a competent salary.
From: 'Wisbech Hundred: Chapeiry of Parson Drove', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4: City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds pp. 197-200.
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In 1459 the endowments of Fitton chantry (see Leverington-Manors) were transferred to Parson Drove and a chaplain, ADAM SILK, licensed to celebrate in both chapels*. In 1487 the Bishop of Ely directed his clergy to receive kindly the proctor of the chapel whenever he should visit their parishes soliciting alms therefor, and granted an indulgence of forty days to all contributors.
The following year another indulgence was granted for the repair of a chapel of St. John the Baptist in a hermitage in Leverington. It is possible that this was merely a repetition of the previous indulgence, but there is a persistent tradition that a hermitage existed opposite Parson Drove Church, on the site of the present vicarage, and the indulgence may refer to this other hermitage.
* Collation followed by induction; licence was granted for him to celebrate in the chapel and to minister to the inhabitants of Parson Drove at a competent salary.
From: 'Wisbech Hundred: Chapeiry of Parson Drove', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4: City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds pp. 197-200.
British History Online